Tani Bunchō (谷 文晁,1763 - 1841)

谷文晁（日語：谷文晁，1763年10月15日－1841年1月6日），日本江戶時代的畫家和詩人，他早年即開始學習繪畫技巧，成年後漫遊於日本各地。 他的作品不拘一格，充滿創意。在德川幕府時期影響深遠。^[1]

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8 Daoist Immortals by Tani Bunchō.

In this Japanese name, the family name is Tani.

Tani Bunchō (谷 文晁, October 15, 1763 - January 6, 1841) was a Japanese literati (bunjin) painter and poet. He was the son of the poet Tani Rokkoku (1729–1809). As his family were retainers of the Tayasu Family of descendents of the eighth Tokugawa shogun, Bunchō inherited samurai status and received a stipend to meet the responsibilities this entailed. In his youth he began studying the painting techniques of the Kanō school under Katō Bunrei (1706–82). After Bunrei's death, Bunchō worked with masters of other schools, such as the literati painter Kitayama Kangen (1767–1801), and developed a wide stylistic range that included many Chinese, Japanese and European idioms. He rose to particular prominence as the retainer of Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759–1829), genetic son of the Tayasu who was adopted into the Matsudaira family before becoming chief senior councilor (rōjū shuza; 老中首座) of theTokugawa Shogunate in 1787. Bunchō is best known for his idealized landscapes in the literati style (Nanga or Bunjinga). Unlike most bunjinga painters of his time, however, Bunchō was an extremely eclectic artist, painting idealized Chinese landscapes, actual Japanese sites, and poetically-inspired traditional scenery. He also painted portraits of his contemporaries (such asOno Ranzan and Kimura Kenkadō), as well as imagined images of such Chinese literati heroes as Su Shi and Tao Yuanming. Since travel outside Japan was forbidden under the Tokugawa shogunate, Bunchō was unable to study in China; he spent many years traveling around Japan, studying Chinese, Japanese, and Western art (洋画, Yōga). Watanabe Kazan, Sakai Hōitsu and Takaku Aigai were among his disciples.^[1] One of his pupils was the renowned painter Okuhara Seiko.^[2]

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ Frank L. Chance, "Tani Bunchō and the Edo School of Japanese Painting," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 1986.
2. Jump up^ Gordon, Brenda G. (2003). Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets: Talent and Training in Japanese Painting. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 4, 7, 116–118. ISBN 0824826086.

External links[edit]

• Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art, a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Tani Bunchō (see index)